Comments on: A realistic bill, says Shahrizat: The Star – December 19, 2007 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2007/12/19/a-realistic-bill-says-shahrizat-the-star-december-19-2007/ Living One Day At A Time Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Enabling the Disabled http://www.petertan.com/blog/2007/12/19/a-realistic-bill-says-shahrizat-the-star-december-19-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-20287 Enabling the Disabled Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2007/12/19/a-realistic-bill-says-shahrizat-the-star-december-192007/#comment-20287 Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said.“We do not want to have a bill which is nice to look at but can’t be implemented. This is a realistic bill for the disabled.” So what have we, the disabled actually got? Well, in my opinion we have got nothing, since the Persons With Disability Bill 2007, lacks teeth and seems to be just a token Bill, which has been passed solely to pretend that something is being done for the disabled. The introduction of a blind person as a Senator, also is apparently 'just for show', Ismail is going to have to be 100% busy if there is a glimmer of hope for the disabled, Ismail however does not, going by his performance in the past, seem to be the right man for the job, unless he was put there just to be a compliant "Yes-man" Mr. Wong Nai Chee (BN – Kota Melaka) was the only MP who seemed to be on the right wavelength. Thank you Mr. Wong. <strong>Peter: I share your sentiments. Will go through the Persons with Disabilities Bill and blog about it soon.</strong> Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said.“We do not want to have a bill which is nice to look at but can’t be implemented. This is a realistic bill for the disabled.”

So what have we, the disabled actually got?

Well, in my opinion we have got nothing, since the Persons With Disability Bill 2007, lacks teeth and seems to be just a token Bill, which has been passed solely to pretend that something is being done for the disabled.

The introduction of a blind person as a Senator, also is apparently ‘just for show’, Ismail is going to have to be 100% busy if there is a glimmer of hope for the disabled, Ismail however does not, going by his performance in the past, seem to be the right man for the job, unless he was put there just to be a compliant “Yes-man”

Mr. Wong Nai Chee (BN – Kota Melaka) was the only MP who seemed to be on the right wavelength.
Thank you Mr. Wong.

Peter:
I share your sentiments. Will go through the Persons with Disabilities Bill and blog about it soon.

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